Ticket-punch.



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Paieniediceb. 9, i909.

Application filed April 1G, 1908. Serial No. 27,559.

. ii .xucwn that l, CHARLES B. LIVER- l '224cm ci thc Uniczi l; L itIc, iiiiiic county ci iiing und. Stille of Iaxiiirigicii l" c' invcntcd ccitaiii new :uid

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.'viiich following is L spcciicziticn.

This invention iclzitcs )'30 holders and punches im" that. class c1' 'iliiway tickets iuvcnficn is tu produce i device combiningy Ilicsc iunciicns. which wiil be ciiicient and mgmvcivicn, ii usc, and whereby the issuance grazing* facilitated.

' in View; the invention *V of melma for: ymrfoiatmg ii-zwulimliy fed juic l is; :i @30p embodying my' invention. Fig. 2 is n. ccss @c il view taken tluough 2-2 of 1. .3, i and 5 are detail c soss s ccticimi views; and Fig. (i is a. pclspcc lfivc 'view ci c port-i011 of thc time-punch t0 l illustrate the co'iist'mction of its di According to mi yiiwcuticfn, casing having c viind; ical im@ picvidcd with a.

ticket mail is n 33 ci ni Y. rmi ci paper iii amg l'vii rczidci'l iliiLL purl 22" UI saisi piitc which 1% below the simi :L (zuivcal shield l- Wi l l1 scrycs to :I ii'cct thc paper into flic slot and also afi'dg n hacking sri that thc coiiiucto can Iil'icw iimiailff cnf-gage @iw pape?? Wim his ifiiumb as tizu'isicrs; and the obicci; of the 'cnucn further ccnsisas iii'i'zlie novel' are undercut I I I I I I I I I I I I I l are cifmi'l ab their lower ends 'i nccicil with @zich of ssiiii provided wiblirspaccd holes 1Q, 19'), L96, 19d, and L9 which regiStcr with tile Icgpcciitcs, residing tive irm'kii'xgs upcn the. Lickct when the lutter suiiiliy loca-lcd in 'die slot i3- ici' up# picpriatcly pciifc'iating tlic same.

'ille papel' is propm'ly printed tc urnih a stock for c, piiiirility ci' tickets .scveialiy provided with "ccrain desifnaizincv characters. as'

. b b l for exaiiipic, such :is ill'usra'ucd in the im tiuding portion .thereof in Fig. l. These characters dcsimbly include the names of 'tlm months, as A, arranged in. :i single row and ilmiiediacly above :L double row of numhcs E indiceu -ng thc day oil the nicntli. .in :in iici cclum is imiicaizcd by numbers .cuirs of a day imi cLhcs', D, celaiu lilium?, 'I irs iicc. :is thc quarter hours, preferably cxp'z'csscc in minutcs, 15, 30TJ and disposed in duplicate :md in close :relation with the respective hour mail@ C. The ickcts are likcwiec providcd with miiiks indicifvc ci the 'four cardinal points ci" the compass, :md wl'iicli arc grouped 11cm* marks Erich tickct about cacl'i 01"' Lhc msly provided- Wlth a,

is sise uilmntug mark. or manic, as i, 'for use in dcsigimting .special seiviccs not cthcrxafisc picwialcd for,

in carrying om my' .invention i prov'idc Unch devices for pericia/ting* ilic tickets. These nach devices respciivcij'f Humm-- ed in c iamicicil biocl 20, 2l, and 2 which i1 dow tails and ci such Sizes that ii'ic iifsu ssfc Ywill siiilahly 'iiir in iii@ way 17 a. the inflict In time.

The clochex im' the punches im' l ic scicci'eil monili mui (luy Anifl-1 :s

A '.11 cylindrical hond-; 20 :nul 2l which i1.'

cach, mici Scfilcil I d i'. respect v liciuifi m'c 7x' mid 2]?'ivi11ch nrc fufcidcii vilil pifiiplicni Colima 203 und 2li. A. spring 24 if; picvidcd inV @sich cihc block frliamiicis m .eicijif'c in normally ikaiii Suid. plimgci's in dici." uppermost positions. (limplmljgcrs zi down-- wildly cxi'cuding pin, :is 20" unil 2'1", forming thc pmiifi'iij?'pi'cpci" nini v-fliicl'i. wlmi caused to piaf-3; iii'ougli lIic :sclczrflcd lmlcs 19 :mii 39h ciicclv liic pci'lci'aivicn ci' tl'c iimict. A

in Iii-dcr adjuat tile pins in axial aline if; 'with tiri- :scicccd cf mid hohes, scp fic-ficcs arc ein iycd.. ',lliwic iicviccs may ccmpifisc pini@ in csic-li 0I i/lic .blocks Whicl*L .is yiclfliiigiy pressed domi by thc Yrcthe plunger 20 g and the one 22 carries the` punches for accom spective springs 24 and have a stud. 25 On l introduced into the casing-part 10 in the 'form each late which is arranged to catch in s aced) cavities or indentations 252 in the plate, 12. To corres ond with the illustrated arrangement o the ticket -the pin 20 of the month perforatoris disposed axiall with for t el day marks`21 is disposed eceentrically, as'shown in'Fig. 4, so as to allow ofits registerin with the holes over either of the vertica rows 19b and, in consequence, necessitates the block 21 being turned about, by Withdrawing from the way 17fwhen the pin 21 is not in the proper row.` The other 'block lishing the erforations o the marks upon t eticket to esi nate the time and vcompass directions. Of tese punches the one for punching the hour andthe subdivisionsthereof consists. of a disk 26 having an axially arranged stem 26 Which passes through a plunger 22 and terminates fin a head 26. Seated for rotation in thel bottom of the chamber of block 22 is a 27 which is perforated with. a central hole 27 and symmetrically disposed holes 27 which areres ectively spaced to register With a group of t 'e holes 19c and 19d of the casing plate. Extendingdown- Wardly from the d1sk' 26 and fitted for reciprocation in holes 27 fand 27Z in the disk 27 are pins 28 and 29 arranged so that the former, 28, Will take with the selected of the holeslQ0 and the other, 29, with the appropriate one of the holes 19?. Diametrically opposite the pin 29 is a spring pressed stud 30 having a semi-globular extremity which is seated in a socket 30 secured to disk 26 and extends through a hole 27s in disk 27l and yieldingly engages in one 'of the holes, 19d. This stud serves to retain the pin 29 in set osition. The position ofthe pin 29 with re ation to the pin 28 is indicated by an index mark, such as an arrow, upon the head 262 so Vthat it ma be rotatively adjusted to coincide Witii a predetermined mark D of the ticket. 31 is a s ring interposed between the disks 26 an 27 for llesiliently retaining the latter in operative condition and the other in a raised ino erf ative position. Also carried by this'b ock are punches, suchvas 33, arranged to be in the rows of holes 19" which correspond with the ticket markls E and are operated by lungers 33 against the action of s rings 32.

hese lungers are designated y index marks S, E and W denoting the cardinal compass points and are spaced so as to coineide with the marks E of the ticket which are in proximity of the hour mark to which the block is set.

The operation of the invention may be described as follows: A strip of paper with the aforedescrib'ed printed. matter thereu on to constitute a plurality of transfer-tic ets is thereof into registerin of a roll and its outer end lll/threaded into and fed by the conductors thumb through the guide-slot 13 of the casingllate 12 until the extremity of the strip is ush with the mouth of the slot, When the strip is in this condition one of the tickets is in the slot so that the Avarious markings thereon `will be 'immediately belo'WZthe correspondingly spaced holes in'ithe upper part of the plate 12. Thelblocks, ifv not already in proper position are shifted to bring the punch to those of ther holes t irough which the several punch pins will passl to ticket to predeterrnnately4 esignate the same according to the special requirements ofthe particular ticket. For .exam

the transferee is to employ the ticket at a junction point upon'a southwbound car and it must be used upon the day of issue, say

position with respectA erforate the v le Vassuming that the tipket is to indicate t at April 23rd, before a certain time limit, as

To punch the ticket to conform with such requirementsthelblocks 20 and 21 are shifted along the groove 17 until the punch-pins 20 and 214 will respectively be in position to register with the holes of 19 and 19b which will be directly in line with the month name Apriland the number 23 of the ticket; the block 22 is then slid in its groove 18to bring the punch-pin 28 over the hole in the row 19c Which corresponds with the IY mark on the ticket and; by manipulating the head 262 of this block, as

indicated by the arrowfiso as to resentithe punch-pinv 29 in line with the ho e of group 19d which will indicate 30 uponfthe .ticket and toward the right, for afternoon. a The punches are now in perforating position.

l/Vith thumb pressurefexerted successively ics downwardly upon the plungers20, 212 the month and day are perforated upon the ticket and the like pressure upon the head 26z and the plunger 33V denoted by S will effect the perforation of the ticket for the hour, minute and compass direction. ticket is thus punched, it is -protruded from the slot and torn off from the strip by a shearing cut along the outer edge of the plate 12. v

The invention is easy to operate, and may be carried in the coat pocket of a car conductor. The adjusting ofthe blocks will obviously not have to be done with ever'gT transfer issued, in fact, the may be posi- After. the

tioned for an entire trip be ore-leaving the place of departure, and from time to time eccentric thereto, a. socket member carried' pins, and aksp'r'ng for each ofthe last 'named by he hlad, a springbreselti sltud carhrd by plungers. l sai soc 4etge rotate e is avin o es to y' n receive the ends. of the pins andhe stud, CHARLES B LIVERMQRE 5 a. spring mterlQse/d between the aforesaid Witnesses'" disks, four ot erevplungers carried by the PIERRE BARNES, head and respectively provided with puneh HORACE BARNES. 

